18 July 2017

Pay sand

The producing formation, often one that is not even sandstone. It is also called pay, pay zone, and producing zone.
18 July 2017

Perforate

To pierce the casing wall and cement of a wellbore to provide holes through which formation fluids may enter or to provide holes in the casing […]
18 July 2017

Perforating gun

A device fitted with shaped charges or bullets that is lowered to the desired depth in a well and fired to create penetrating holes in casing, […]
18 July 2017

Permeability

1) a measure of the ease with which a fluid flows through the connecting pore spaces of rock or cement. The unit of measurement is the […]